Three stone fire and other inefficient cooking methods – used by almost half of the world’s people every day – cause serious problems for human health and the environment:

Indoor air pollution from burning solid fuels like wood causes 4.3 million premature deaths each year, is the leading cause of premature deaths among children, and is a major contributor to climate change.

Firewood harvesting is responsible for half of global deforestation and can lead to the assault, abduction, or rape of the women and girls responsible for gathering it.

Our Solutions

InStove’s wood and biomass burning institutional rocket stoves offer dramatic improvements over traditional cooking techniques. They are safe, stable, and vent to the outdoors to protect people from the effects of indoor air pollution. Their high-efficiency design reduces fuel use by 75-90% and harmful emissions by more than 90%, dramatically reducing the time, cost, and danger associated with collecting fuel, as well as pressure on our forests and atmosphere. InStoves often pay for themselves in a matter of months through fuel savings, alone.

Our Production Strategies

We build stoves at both our factory in Cottage Grove, Oregon in the US, and overseas with our Factory-in-a-Box production method. American manufacturing ensures that we can deliver stoves rapidly to all parts of the world, while overseas factories help boost local economies and lower manufacturing and shipping costs – meaning more stoves can be built and more people served.

The first InStove overseas facility was installed in Nigeria in the summer of 2012. Our vision is to eventually source the great majority of production to the regions that need our stoves the most.